Atchison Plans Ten Year Improvement Program In 1928
County and city officials outline a major 1928 program covering urban and rural improvements. Key items include paving on Main Street and Kansas Avenue, white clay creek costs sharing, a new sewage district south Atchison near Jackson Park, removal of streetcar lines in favor of buses, creek border work near Lincoln School, park drives on Guerrier hill with a proposed ten acre lake, expanded playgrounds, and possible West Atchison facilities. County projects focus on roads from Monrovia to Nortonville, U S 73 E resurfacing, and NH 16 from Atchison toward Troy, funded by gasoline taxes and state aid, plus new bridges and an insane ward at the poor farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storday
Atchison
Main Street
Kansas Avenue
White Clay Creek
Foree
South Atchison
Jackson Park
Lincoln School
Eidith
Division Streets
Guerrier Hill
Lancaster
Huron
Brown County
Doniphan County
Troy
Atchison County
Burglars Take 300 in Loot From Berkson Store
Burglars smashed a rear window at the Berkson store on Lower Commercial Street and stole about 18 watches and two dozen rings worth the stock. Myron Berkson, at the police station, learned of the break upon returning at 10:30 p.m. No insurance covered the loss and one suspect, a hobo, was arrested then released. The article notes nearby travel and local business gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Berkson
Lower Commercial Street
Mr. Berkson
Berkson
Long Service George P Herzinger Retired From Railroad Claims
George P Herzinger retired from the Missouri Pacific railroad claims department after 34 years of service. He began as a claim agent in Dennison Texas with M E and T, witnessed shifts in safety, organized the district office at Atchison, and will remain in the area after retirement near age 72. Notable cases included a brakeman who settled for a large sum after losing three fingers and later sought restitution, and a fraudulent claimant who targeted 18 railroads before Herzinger uncovered the scheme reducing a $30,000 claim to $10,000. He recalls inviting Herzinger to dinner after the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Herzinger
Railroad Claims Department
Dennison
Texas
Mr. Herzinger
Claims Department of the
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Herwinger
Hervinger
St. Louis
Katy
Wichita
Community Chatter Highlights Amid Farm Talk and Local Bits
In Phoenix Claude Glamann notes city growth from 11 500 in 1910 to 57 000 and health gains while Santa Fe Railway reports 75 000 employees and a 1926 payroll of 107 million and coal and fuel oil use. Kansas fruit crop values rise with apples driving 3 million plus, other crops cited. Atchison stories include a clever brake man, canned popcorn plans, bread trends, and local farm and school anecdotes. The Y M C A hosts a holiday program with educational films and a Bible story contest for boys with a prize New Testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Glamann
Phoenix
Arizona
Claude
Tenth Street
Santa Fe
True Snowden
Amarillo
Texas
Frank Jarrell
James N. Farley
Hutchinson
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Kansas
Farley
Arkansas Valley
Leavenworth
Atchison
Dick Poster
Des Moines
Kansas City
National Farmers’ Union
American Farm Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
The
Farmer's Union
Bureau
McNary-Haugen
Grange
United States
Canada
Charles Kennedy
Amazon
Bill Thistle
Leviathan
Ed Hiller
S. C
Lou Cochran
Troy
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Dumbells
William Thistle
Telephone Company
R. H. Davis
G. C. von Neida
Local Plant Adds 85 Men to Meet Contracts
Kessler Barkow Saddlery Co lands several large contracts requiring 85 new employees. Work has begun to fill orders due by April, with total plant staff rising to 125 as leather workers are hired from out of town. Shipping of orders starts next week according to H. B. Kessler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kessler- Barkow Saddlery Co
H. B. Kessler
Allaman Elected Medical Society Head
Dr. G. W. Allaman was elected president for the next year of the Atchison County Medical Society at a meeting Friday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Dr. Lee Cowan was elected vice president and Dr. Virgil Morrison secretary. The group will decide how delinquents will be treated and who paid doctor bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Allaman
Atchison County Medical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Cowan
Virgil Morrison
Allaman
W. F. Smith
Quick end to divorce case in Atchison district court
In a Marshall county matter, John Hunt dodges alimony as the defense questions the child birth claimed by Mrs. Hunt. The judge and county attorney weigh perjury charges after the witness homeward statements spark review, while Mrs. Hunt faces separate perjury accusations and a January 6 preliminary hearing in Atchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran
Daiy
John Hunt
Marshall County
Hunt
W. A. Jackson
Marysville
Atchison
Edgar C. Bennett
King Hunt
Ralph C. Bates
Arrington
Nortonville
Atchison Glimpses Mixed News And Local Quips
A collage of local notes and quirky remarks from Atchison and nearby towns. Bank closures tomorrow, rising costs, a family near starvation yet purchasing a new car and radio, sparrow in Lexington versus Detroit, church criticisms of The Globe, evangelists Bob Jones and Reyburn, job boosts by Herman Kessler, and reflections on local crime and public figures. Missing context hints at court cases, schools, and civic events including a Farm Bureau dinner in Effingham and a Fontainebleau Paris music selection for Miss Johanna Klotsche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Julius Boar
Cooney Voelker
Lexington
Detroit
Globe
Hell
Bob Jones
Reyburn
Herman Kessler
Cousins Lumber Company
Remus
Hickman
Doniphan
Jimmy Gilmore
Bright
E. A. Gilmore
Johanna Klotsche
Effingham High School
United States
Fontainebleau School of Music
Paris
Farm Bureau
Effingham
Hiawatha
Graham Carter
Liberty
Standard Oil Co
Braham
God
Blythe Family Celebrates 48 Years of Marriage
Forty eight years after their December 31 wedding in Missouri Sam J. Blythe and Jessie Force were honored at home in Atchison with relatives and friends. The couple wed at First Baptist Church in St Joseph and later moved to the Blythe house amid magnolia and bluegrass, where six children were born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam J. Blythe
North Eleventh Street
Sam Blythe
Jessie Force
St. Joe
First Baptist Church
Memphis
Tenn
Blythes
St. Louis
Miss Phoebe Iverson Dies At Atchison Hospital
Miss Phoebe Iverson age 57 died at 8 15 this morning in Atchison Hospital from pneumonia. Born in Leland New Jersey in 1870 she moved to Atchison in 1874 and lived with sister Lorinda Iverson at 836 Kearney Street. Funeral Sunday 2 30 from 836 Kearney conducted by Rev Talmage D Fry burial Mt Vernon cemetery. She is survived by her sister and one brother Ed Iverson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly
Phoebe Iverson
Atchison Hospital
Miss Iverson
Leland
Atchison
Lorinda Iverson
Kearney Street
Talmage D. Fry
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Veteran Missouri Pacific conductor Buckles retires at 71
F M Buckles, a longtime Missouri Pacific conductor born in Versailles Indiana in 1857, retires at Atchison after 44 years with the railroad under the new 70 year age rule. He began as a brakeman in 1885, rose to conductor a year later, and spent years at Greenleaf Burr Oak Downs and Atchison before settling here in 1900. His career is marked by a long service record and local regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Buckles
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Buckles
Greenleaf
Railroad
Burr Oak Branch
Downs
Mr. Buckles
Versailles
Ind
Rushville Mourns Death of G T Bunten in Kansas City
Rushville wakes under shock at the death of G T Ginger Bunten in a Kansas City hospital after a months long illness. Born January 4 1880 he spent his life in Rushville as a merchant for 18 years in partnership with Hiner Bunten and Harrison. He died at 9 15 last night before surgery. He leaves his father William Bunten two sisters Alberta Anthony and Mrs George Harrison two nieces Rhedra Starmer and Mildred Himenberger all of Kansas City. Funeral Friday at Bunten home with burial beside his mother in Armstrong cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
G. T
Ginger) Bunten
Kansas City
Bunten
Mr. Bunten
Jess Hiner
William Bunten
George Harrison
Bunton
Alberta Anthony
Rhedra Starmer
Mildred Himenberger
Armstrong Cemetery
Doctor Graybill Signals Lt Governor Bid in Kansas
Atchison report quotes Dr J W Graybill stating he has the bug to seek the lieutenant governorship though not yet announced He has led the AOUW grand lodge for fourteen years and now sits in the Kansas state senate Home is Chanute The piece notes a likely formal announcement within a week Also mentioned is E C Heck state AOUW manager in New Mexico Hugh Cavanaugh selling a repaired violin for 500 and a death found at Fifth and Commercial after a cigarette lighter mishap. identity pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Graybill
Atchison
Kansas
Dr. Graybill
A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge
State Senate
Chanute
E. C. Heck
New Mexico
The
Hugh Cavanaugh
Theodore Arensberg
Hugh
Weaver Eyes Upper Missouri Navigation To Aid Nebraska Growth
A. J. Weaver of Falls City, Missouri River Navigation Co. president and Nebraska gubernatorial candidate, urged opening the Upper Missouri to navigation within two years at a luncheon. He argued waterways boost the Middle West, complement rail and highway transport, and could expand business to Sioux City and Kansas City with modest costs. Miss Audrey Jensen performed two vocal solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
A. J. Weaver
Falls City
Missouri River Navgation Co
Nebraska
Weaver
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Atchison Chamber Commerce
United States
Great Lakes
Missouri River
Mr. Weaver
Sioux City
West
Missouri
Kansas City
Audrey Jensen
C M Noble to Retire After Nearly 50 Years
From Sundays Dally one veteran railroader's year ends as he retires under new rules for those over 70. C M Noble, 70 last October, has spent decades with Missouri Pacific, ran a switch line in local yards for 18 years, born in Iowa, started on the Burlington at age ten, came to Atchison St Joseph about 40 years ago, never wrecked and seldom missed work. Other notes include guardianship for Garland Truex, Miss Inez Hall vacationing in Leavenworth, a Kuhridge man on New Year’s, and the death of Dr J F Hauber, wartime meat inspector in St Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
C. M. Nok
Mr. Noble
Iowa
Burlington
Atchison St. Joe
Noble
George C. Truex
Atchison
Garland Truex
Inez Hall
Leavenworth
Hall W
Charles Gundy
Kuhridge
J. F. Hauber
Ogden
Effingham
St. Joe
Watha
Lewis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lox Wylie
Valley Falls
Onaga
Linley Motor. Co
R. V. Hill
Harry Ross
Auburn
Kessler-Barkow Saddlery Co
Medical Society
Henry Ford
Luce Campbell
Bradley Jones
Jones
Foster
H. Hannah
Minneapolis
Nashville
Harcuff
G. T. Bunten
Falls City Man
C.m.noble
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!